Adams is shown firing two cabinet members, Secretary of State Timothy Pickering and Secretary of War James McHenry, because both were too in thrall to Hamilton (whom Adams clearly disliked) and to the Federalist Party and too committed (rather openly) to furthering Federalist goals at the expense of the goals of the United States. [read post]

The Harvard Crimson wrote:Wheeler's transgressions came to light when a Harvard professor [ James Simpson ] noticed similarities between Wheeler's work and that of another professor during the application review process for the Rhodes Scholarship. [read post]

As the scene shifts from the frontier to the courtroom, and from Georgia to New England, the cast of characters includes sharp dealers like Robert Morris, hot-headed politicians like James Jackson, and able counsel like John Quincy Adams, along with, of course, John Marshall himself. [read post]

” The plaintiff in the case, JamesAdams, is a retired lawyer who contends that the requirement violates his First Amendment right to be considered for public office without regard to his political affiliation. [read post]

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